De Kewi's are Kees Maas and William Wisselink. If the name of a duo is formed out of the first two characters of the names, you know it is silly.Side one is in German with a Dutch accent, side two in English with a very Dutch accent and Latin with even a more Dutch accent.But, in a way, this is comforting me (being Dutch of course).Kees and William are the founders of, Enschede based, 1000 Idioten Records, which means: there always will be 1000 idiots who will buy their records. Mine is a 12" promotional copy, not for sale.Wisselink produced it, and he did a better job than JJ Burnel on the Polyphonic Size PS 12".

Years after Group 1850 disbanded, Peter Sjardin tried to take a more commercial line with this Terrible Surprise. The music was a kind of speedy rock 'n' roll in Herman Brood and Gruppo Sportivo style. Herman Brood later took over the female background singers.The critics were merciless. Not quite rightly, I think. The music is not bad, but don't expect Group 1850.

Stokkermans is a famous composer in the Netherlands. He wrote the music for television series like Q & Q, Oebele, Tita Tovenaar, Kunt U Mij De Weg Naar Hamelen Vertellen Meneer, Barbapapa and De Berenboot. And he wrote songs for Dutch artists like Jasperina de Jong, Rob de Nijs, Paul de Leeuw, Saskia & Serge and Ronnie Tober.All terrible in my opinion, consider yourself lucky if you don't know those names.In 1970 he got fascinated by the wonder of the synthesizer and made an album with the ARP of Roddy de Hilster, who programmed the sounds. Bert Paige was the orchestra conductor.

I bought this lp last week from an accordion enthusiast who sold all his records.

Side one:1 Electronic air2 I should have known3 Tijd...4 Dansen met de Fransen5 This guy's in love with you6 Was dit 't

Sammie America's Gasphetti was the band of the Dutch artist Tom America, he later formed MAM. I found this single on the attic of a youth center and you can hear that. My noise filter did its job, but still... The b-side, Orange, is so short, they play it twice and it still does under the two minutes.